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1974

TOP PERFORMING ALBUMS

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No 10
No 10

No 10

Album: Queen II - Queen

Released: 8 March 1974

Recorded: August 1973 at Trident Studios, London

Genre: Glam rock, Hard rock

Length: 40:42

Label: EMI (UK) Parlophone (Europe) Elektra (1974) / Hollywood (1991) (US)

Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Robin Geoffrey Cable, Queen

No 9
No 9

No 9

Album: Here Come the Warm Jets - Eno

Released: January 1974

Recorded: September 1973 at Majestic Studios, London

Genre: Glam rock, Art pop

Length: 42:01

Label: Island

Producers: Eno

No 8
No 8

No 8

Album: Sheer Heart Attack - Queen

Released: 8 November 1974

Recorded: July–September 1974 at AIR, Rockfield, Trident and Wessex Sound studios

Genre: Glam rock, Hard rock

Length: 39:09

Label: EMI / Parlophone (Europe), Elektra (1974) / Hollywood (1991) (US)

Producers: Ken Scott and David Bowie

No 7
No 7

No 7

Album: Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell

Released: 1 January 1974

Recorded: 1973

Genre: Folk rock, Jazz pop

Length: 36:58

Label: Asylum

Producer: Joni Mitchell

No 6
No 6

No 6

Album:Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

Released: 24 May 1974

Recorded: January 1974 – February 1974 at Olympic Studios and Island Studios, London; Ludolph Studios, Nederhorst den Berg

Genre: Glam rock, Art rock

Length: 38:25

Label: RCA Records

Producer: David Bowie

No 5
No 5

No 5

Album: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt

Released: 26 July 1974

Recorded: Delfina’s Farm, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire (basic tracks), February 1974 – The Manor Studio, Oxfordshire and CBS, London, April–May 1974 (overdubs)

Genre: Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, Jazz fusion, Avant-rock

Length: 39:31

Label: Virgin

Producer:Nick Mason

No 4
No 4

No 4

Album: Red - King Crimson

Released: October 1974

Recorded: 30 June (live) July–August 1974 at Palace Theater, Providence, Rhode Island Studio Olympic Studios, London, England

Genre: Progressive rock

Length: 39:54

Label: Island (UK), Atlantic (North America)

Producer: King Crimson

No 3
No 3

No 3

Album: Crime of the Century - Supertramp

Released: September 1974

Recorded: Ramport Studios (South London), Scorpio Sound Studios (London), and Trident Studios (London) from February to June 1974

Genre: Art rock, Progressive rock

Length: 44:10

Label: RA&M

Producers: Ken Scott and Supertramp

No 2
No 2

No 2

Album: On the Beach - Neil Young

Released: 16 July 1974

Recorded: February 5, 1974 – April 7, 1974 at Arrow Ranch, Woodside, California; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California

Genre: Rock, Folk rock, Blues rock

Length: 39:40

Label: Reprise

Producers: Neil Young, David Briggs (tracks 1 & 4), Mark Harman (tracks 2-3 & 5), Al Schmitt (tracks 6-8)

No 1 (Best Performing Album)
No 1 (Best Performing Album)

No 1 (Best Performing Album)

Album: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

Released: 18 November 1974

Recorded: August–October 1974 at Glaspant Manor, Carmarthenshire, Wales with Island Studios’ mobile recording equipment

Genre: Progressive rock, Art rock

Length: 94:22

Label: Charisma

Producers: John Burns and Genesis

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